title: Endoscopy of mandibular cysts after cystostomy: a preliminary report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated the use of endoscopy to explore mandibular cysts after cystostomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six mandibular cysts were explored with a fiber endoscope immediately after cystostomy, allowing evaluation of the appearance of the cyst lining and biopsies to be performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The lining of the cyst wall had a pearly appearance. It was easy to visualize the interior of large cysts extending from the body into the ramus, as well as to explore lobes and recesses. In no case did biopsies of the cyst lining indicate a neoplasm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fiber endoscopy is a useful technique for the exploration and monitoring of mandibular cysts after cystostomy, particularly in cases in which the cyst extends from the body into the ramus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Spain.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Prat
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery